WiFi, you've come a long way, baby. Since those groovy days of plain 'ol 802.11, to your first single-letter designation, all the way up to your latest 802.11n ratification you've gotten faster, broader, and almost everywhere. Best of all, you've still got room to grow. If all goes well and Cusack's documentary doesn't prove accurate in 2012 you'll grow to 802.11ac, delivering a blistering 1Gbps and beyond. That's more wireless bandwidth than we'd know what to do with right now, but we'll find a way to use it. We always do. Together.IEEE will push next 802.11 to 1Gbps speeds, two-letter designations in 2012 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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